humiliate
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
humiliate verb: to cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
Verb
humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
- To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
- The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.
- He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.
- To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- Synonyms:
- debase, demote, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, defame, degrade, demean, depress
- Antonyms:
- dignify, honor, advance, aggrandize, elevate, ennoble, exalt, nobilitate, prefer, promote
- To defeat overwhelmingly.
humiliate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
humiliate in Hindi
- to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
- विनीत करना vinīt karnā, नीचा दिखाना nīcā dikhānā
humiliate in Tamil
- அழுங்குவி, கீழ்ப்படுத்து, தாழ்வுப்படுத்து, மதிப்புக்குறை
humiliate in Urdu
- to injure a person's dignity and self-respect
- ذَلِیل کَرْنا zalīl karnā
humiliate in Bengali
- অপমানিত করা, লাঞ্ছিত করা, খাটো করা
More languagesFewer languages
- humiliate in Telugu
- అవమానించడానికి
- humiliate in Malayalam
- പരിഹസിക്കുക parihasikkuka, അപമാനിക്കുക apamānikkuka
- humiliate in Kannada
- ಕುಳಿಸು, ಕೀಳಾಗಿಸು, ಕೆಳಗುಮಾಡು, ಅವಮಾನಿಸು
- humiliate in Punjabi
- ਬੇਇੱਜ਼ਤੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- humiliate in Gujarati
- અપમાનિત કરવા માટે, અપમાનિત કરવા
- humiliate in Odia
- ଧିକ୍କାରିବା dhikkāribā
- humiliate in Nepali
- अपमानित गर्ने, अपमानित गर्न
- humiliate in Arabic
- أَخْزَى ʔaḵzā, اِسْتَذَلَّ istaḏalla, أَذَلَّ ʔaḏalla
- humiliate in Indonesian
- membuat malu
- humiliate in Persian
- تحقیر کردن tahqir kardan
- humiliate in Thai
- ฉีกหน้า chìik-nâa, หมิ่น mìn
- humiliate in Vietnamese
- làm nhục, sỉ nhục, lăng nhục
Examples of humiliate in a sentence
- Even those who had hated Monarchy, were remonarchised because they resented the way Republicans humiliated them.
- General Howe was deeply humiliated by the defeat of his forces.
- We drove you, a coward, from 'Magnolia'—and you dare come back and humiliate me?"
Synonyms of humiliate
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Antonyms
Forms of humiliate
| third-person singular present | humiliates |
|---|---|
| present participle | humiliating |
| past participle | humiliated |
| past | humiliated |
Origin of humiliate
Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
Words formed from humiliate
Questions about humiliate
- What does humiliate mean?
- Humiliate means to cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
- What is humiliate in Hindi?
- Humiliate in Hindi is विनीत करना (vinīt karnā), नीचा दिखाना (nīcā dikhānā). See Humiliate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is humiliate?
- Humiliate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce humiliate?
- Humiliate is pronounced /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of humiliate?
- The past tense of humiliate is humiliated.
Words near humiliate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: humiliate (page history and authors); humiliate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Humiliate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humiliate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humiliate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humiliate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); humiliate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଧିକ୍କାରିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); humiliate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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